Bag-holder.



M. E. HALL. 7

BAG HOLDER. APPLIOATION FILED MAY 23, 1910.

Patented'Jan. 17, 1911.

1N VEN TOR Zak-407M Allflf'lfj' UN E MINNIE E. HALL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BAG-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 17, 1911.

Application filed May 23, 1910. Serial No. 562,943.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MINNIE E. HALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Bag-Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to holders or supports for bags forholding articles of soiled linen collected for laundrying, and has forits purpose to provide a device of that character especially withreference to the needs of apartments, hotels, and in fact to livingquarters generally where the question of space is of importance.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide a laundry bag holderwhich is of simple design, cheap of manufacture, and which will presenta neat and attractive appearance in its position of use.

The invention further contemplates a bag holder having means whereby thecontents of the laundry bag may be readily removed without necessitatingthe actual handling of the articles.

\Vith the foregoing objects in view the arrangement herein proposedpossesses other advantages which will be apparent from the followingextended description, and the several features of novelty are as setforth in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing which shows the invention by way ofillustration, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device in positionfor use. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the device shown inFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the supporting strip, andFig. 1 is a detail perspective view of the bag opening member.

Referring to the several figures more in detail and with like referencecharacters indicating corresponding parts in the different views shown,the numeral 1 indicates the bag which is supported in position by itsback portion 2, and 3 represents the bottom there of which is detachablysecured to the rear section 2 through the medium of a plurality ofbuttons 41. Vith this provision it is possible to remove the contentsfrom the bag without actually handling the pieces or taking the bag fromits support.

The means for supporting the bag consists of a strip of wood 8, or othersuitable material which is adapted to be hung from a door or wallthrough the medium of eyes 10 engaging with hooks 11. Said strip 8 isprovided with a series of studs or buttons 9 which engage with suitableeyelets or buttonholes 9 formed in the section 2 adjacent the upper edgethereof.

In order to keep the bag always in position to conveniently receive thearticles, the mouth of the bag has a portion thereof folded upon itselfas at 5 to provide a suitable supporting means for an arcuate strip 6;and said strip 6 is at either end formed with a projecting portion 6,which when the strip is in position fit within hooks 7 secured to thestrip 8 at its opposite ends. (See Fig. 1.)

A covering section 7 is secured to the rear section 2 adjacent theeyelets formed near the upper edges thereof, and loosely overlies thesustaining strip 6.

hat I claim as new is:

A bag supporting device comprising a straight and a readily detachablearcuate strip, said arcuate strip having olf-standing and oppositelydisposed end portions, said straight strip having hooks forming openingsbetween them and the straight strip adapted to receive said off-standingportions, the said hooks and straight strip engaging with theoff-standing portions, and holding the arcuate strip in substantiallyhorizontally extending position, and devices on straight stripintermediate said hooks providing bag securing means, and devices onsaid straight strip for securing it to a suitable support.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

MINNIE E. HALL.

\Vitnesses JAMES ARTHUR SEAVEY, ANoN H. BRADLEY.

